FY06 MRP "VOLUNTEERISM AND COMMUNITY SERVICE," FEBRUARY

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 CAIRO 003131 SIPDIS FOR ECA/PE/V/M LOCKWOOD/ ROBINSON, INFO ECA/PE/V/R/N AND NEA/PPD E.O. 12958: NA TAGS: OEXC KPAO EG SUBJECT: FY06 MRP "VOLUNTEERISM AND COMMUNITY SERVICE," FEBRUARY 9 MARCH 2, 2006 EGYPT NOMINATION REF: A. CAIRO 2571 ¶B. STATE 63378 ¶1. PA Cairo is pleased to nominate Ms. Nora Ismail Mohamed YOUNIS, Project Coordinator, United Nations Development Program (UNDP),to participate in the subject MRP. ¶2. Following is full EVDB nomination and DS-2019 information: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should not be : edited except by means of the Post-EVDB software. EXPORT-SOURCE: POST-EVDB VERSION: 3.0.5 POST-EMAIL: exchangescairo@state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Cairo TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 2875 EXPORT-TYPE: BIO DATA START NOMINATION: ECA-OFFICE: E/VM M PROG-AGENCY-NAME: POST-PROJ-ID: 209 ECA-PROJ-NO: PROJ-NAME: Volunteerism and Community Service START MEMO PROJ-DESC: END MEMO PROJ-DESC: PROJ-TYPE: Multi-Regional PROG-TYPE: IV Group Projects FY: 2005 DEPART-POST: 2/7/2006 SESSION-DATE: 2/9/2006 RETURN-POST: 3/10/2006 NO-OF-PART: 1 RANK-ORDER: 1 START MEMO POST-OBJ: END MEMO POST-OBJ: START MEMO POST-RCMD: END MEMO POST-RCMD: ECA-OFFICE-ID: 1027 PROG-AGENCY-ID: PROJ-TYPE-ID: MRP PROG-TYPE-ID: 31 NOMINATING-POST-ID: 2875 FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: STATUS: N ORIGINATOR: P SUBJ-DISC: Community Development START BIO: PREFIX: Ms. F-NAME: Nora M-NAME: Ismail Mohamed L-NAME: Younis SUFFIX: POSITION-CODE: 320 PRINCIPAL?: Yes GENDER: F DOB: 09/01/1977 MAR-STAT: M BIRTH-CITY: Cairo BIRTH-CNTRY: Egypt CITIZ-CNTRY: Egypt RES-CNTRY: Egypt START MEMO POSITION: Project Coordinator, United Nations Development Program (UNDP) - Cairo END MEMO POSITION: START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: Aug 2004 - Present: Project Coordinator, United Nations Development Program (UNDP) - Cairo END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: Sep 2003 - April 2004: Program Development Specialist, Institute of Cultural Affairs (ICA-MENA) - Cairo. July 2000 - Aug.2003 Program Assistant, Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations - Regional Office for the Near East, Cairo Aug. 1999 - July 2000 Sales and Reservations Agent, Conrad International Hotel, Cairo July 1998 - July 1999 Administrative Assistant to the Director, Futures American School, Cairo END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: START MEMO US-TRAVEL: None END MEMO US-TRAVEL: START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: Venezuela - three weeks for work END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: START MEMO EDUCATION: May 2000 Bachelor of Arts, Ain Shams University, Cairo. Major: English Literature May 1995 General Certificate of Secondary Education, The English School, Cairo. Arts Section END MEMO EDUCATION: START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: August 2004 Present: Volunteer Coordinator, "Serve Your Country" Initiative, in partnership with Ministry of Youth May 2003 Present: Member, "The Volunteer Network - Egypt" Nov. 2002 Present: Founding Member and Volunteer, "Nahdet Masr" NGO, Cairo March 2001 Present: Active Volunteer, "Fathet Kheir" NGO, Mokattam, Cairo Dec. 2001 Present: Safarist, "Sahara Safaris" Forum for Desert Exploration & Nature Appreciation August 2002 Present: Member, "Pen Temple Pilots" Forum for Art Appreciation and Cultural Promotion END MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: START MEMO PUBLICATIONS: none END MEMO PUBLICATIONS: START MEMO SPEC-CONSID: Ms. Younis would like to speak in public about Youth Participation in Volunteer Organizations in Egypt END MEMO SPEC-CONSID: FIRST-LANG: Arabic ENGL-READ: 4 ENGL-SPEAK: 4 ENGL-COMP: 4 START OTHER-LANGS: OTHER-LANG: German OTHER-LANG-ID: GM READ: 2 SPEAK: 2 COMP: 2 END OTHER-LANGS: START MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: END MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: START MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD: END MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD: START MEMO VIS-OBJ: END MEMO VIS-OBJ: START MEMO VIS-REC: END MEMO VIS-REC: REC: NOMINATING-OFFICER: Cultural Affairs Officer START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: Nora Younis is a dynamic young woman who very clearly will be a major figure in Egyptian civic society - that is, more so than she already is. Nora is one of the leaders in the community of young Egyptians who are advocating for more volunteerism among Egyptian youth. Nora herself has been active in volunteer organizations for four years, and has helped organize conferences and summits to encourage volunteerism in Egypt. She recently spoke at a conference on the subject. After graduating from university, Nora tried political activism, but found the work uninspiring. When she discovered the world of social volunteerism, she found her niche. And she hasn't looked back. Nora's involvement has only grown and it will continue to grow. Nora is an excellent example for young Egyptians. She has already, and will continue to inspire others to a sense of civic responsibility. Nora would benefit greatly from an exposure to U.S. volunteer organizations, particularly those active in community development. As a rising leader in Egyptian society, connections Nora would make on the IV program would certainly blossom and create opportunities for Egyptian-American dialogue and exchange in the years to come. END MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: NOM-OFF: SPEAKER?: Yes NOTIFY-EMB: Yes MEDIA?: No HOME-STAY: No HOME-HOSP?: Yes E-I-TYPE: NOMINEE-ID: 513 PERSON-ID: 474 BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: EG CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: EG RES-CNTRY-ID: EG FIRST-LANG-ID: AR E-I-TYPE-ID: NOM-POST-ID: 2875 NOM-FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 0 NOM-STATUS: N DS2019-ACTION: 1 DS2019-SUBJECT: 33.0103 SPONS-FUNDS: 0 SPONS-AGENCY1: USGOVT-AGENCY1: US-AGENCY-AMT1: 0 USGOVT-AGENCY2: US-AGENCY-AMT2: 0 INTL-ORG1: INTL-ORG-AMOUNT1: 0 INTL-ORG2: INTL-ORG-AMOUNT2: 0 VIS-GOVT-AMT: 0 COMMISSION: 0 OTHER-AMOUNT: 0 VIS-AMOUNT: 0 VIS-CAT: 5 END BIO: END NOMINATION: END FIXED-FORMAT TEXT: ¶3. Post appreciates ECA's assistance with this nomination. GRAY